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Tuesday, August 12, 2014
From the Liveblog of
Tuesday, August 12, 2014
Jewish student’s Palestinian scarf triggers dueling protests
A Facebook picture of a South African Jewish high school student wearing a traditional Palestinian scarf has triggered outrage and a petition calling for his removal from an honorary position, as well as a counter petition in his defense.
Joshua Broomberg, deputy head boy of the King David Victory Park High School, a Jewish day school, and the captain of the South African national debate team, was tagged in a Facebook photograph wearing a traditional Palestinian scarf and a badge of the Palestinian flag, according to the Independent Online, a South African news website.
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— JTA
